CORRECTION: We mistakenly reported last week (Sport, March 13, 14) that a
“Dream Football League” competition was being planned in Qatar. As the Times
football editor, Tony
Evans, explains in his column (The Game, page 4), we now accept that
this is not the case, and we apologise for the erroneous reports.

Manchester United will lead the opposition to controversial plans to stage a
rival Champions League tournament in the Middle East every two years.

The Times revealed yesterday that Qatar and neighbouring Gulf states
are proposing a so-called “Dream Football League” (DFL), in which 24 clubs
would be offered